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Lung Cancer Flashcards

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What is the most common cancer in males?

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Lung

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What is the lung cancer mortality rate for males?

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Around 100 per 100,000

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What is happening to the incidence of lung cancer in males?

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It is slowly falling

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Why is the incidence rate of lung cancer in males falling?

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Due to reduction in smoking

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What causes more deaths in women, lung or breast cancer?

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Lung

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What is the lung cancer mortality rate in females?

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Around 40 per 100,000

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What is happening to the incidence of lung cancer in females?

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It is steadily rising

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How much does lung cancer incidence vary between socio-economic groups?

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Wide variation- rate three times higher in lowest compared with highest

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What is lung cancer overwhelmingly related to?

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Smoking

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What is the risk of lung cancer proportional to?

Regarding smoking

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  • The duration of the habit
  • The number of cigarettes smoked
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What % of lung cancers are caused by smoking?

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  • 90% in men
  • 80% in women
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Apart from smoking, what are the aetiological factors for lung cancer?

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  • Asbestos exposure
  • Radon exposure
  • Genetic factors
  • Dietary factors
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What is the problem with the signs and symptoms of lung cancer?

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They are relatively non-specific, and overlap with those of many respiratory diseases

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When do many lung cancer patients first come to medical attention?

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When they have advanced disease

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What are the signs and symptoms of a primary lung tumour?

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  • Cough
  • Dyspnoea
  • Wheezing
  • Haemoptysis
  • Chest pain
  • Post-obstructive pneumonia
  • Weight loss
  • Lethargy / malaise
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What are the signs and symptoms of regional metastases of lung cancer?

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  • Superior vena cava obstruction
  • Hoarseness
  • Dyspnoea
  • Dysphagia
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What courses hoarseness in regional metastases of lung cancer?

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Left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy

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What causes dyspnoea in regional metastases of lung cancer?

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Phrenic nerve palsy

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What are the signs and symptoms of distant metastases of lung cancer?

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  • Bone pain / fractures
  • CNS symptoms
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What are the CNS symptoms of distant metastases of lung cancer?

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  • Headache
  • Double vision
  • Confusion
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What is paraneoplastic syndrome?

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The presence of symptoms or disease due to the presence of cancer in the body, but not due to the local presence of cancer cells

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What are paraneoplastic syndromes mediated by?

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Humoral factors secreted by tumour cells, or the immune response against tumour cells

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What humoral factors can cause paraneoplastic syndrome?

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  • Cytokines
  • Hormones
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What are the types of paraneoplastic syndrome?

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  • Endocrine
  • Neurological
  • Skeletal
  • Haematological
  • Other
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Give two examples of endocrine paraneoplastic syndromes
* Hypercalcaemia * Cushing's syndrome
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Give two examples of neurological paraneoplastic syndromes
* Encephalopathy * Peripheral neuropathy
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Give an example of a skeletal paraneoplastic syndrome
Finger clubbing
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Give 3 examples of haematological paraneoplastic syndromes
* Anaemia * Thrombocytopenia * Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
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Give 3 examples of other paraneoplastic syndromes
* Nephrotic syndrome * Anorexia * Cachexia
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What is the importance of imaging investigations of various types in lung cancer?
They are central to both diagnosis and assessment of the disease
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What is the purpose of staging?
It is one of the most important determinants of treatment and prognosis
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What imaging techniques are imployed at the first clinical suspicion of lung cancer?
Plain chest x-ray
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What imaging techniques are employed for diagnosis and staging of lung cancer?
* CT scan * PET scan * Isotope bone scan
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What are the staging systems for lung cancer?
* Number * TMN
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What is the number staging system for lung cancer?
* Stage 1 - Small cancer, localised to one area of the lung * Stage 2 & 3 - Larger cancer, may have grown into surrounding tissue (lymph nodes) * Stage 4 - Cancer has metastasised
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What does the T represent in the TNM staging system?
Size and position of tumour
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What does the N represent in the TNM staging system?
Lymph node involvement
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What does the M represent in the TNM staging system for cancer?
Metastases
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What are the potential T stages?
T1-4
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What does T1 mean with lung cancer?
Cancer contained within the lung, and is \<3cm diameter
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What does T2 mean with lung cancer?
Cancer has grown to 3-7cm diameter, either; * Into the main bronchus, \<2cm from the carina * Into the visceral pleura * Made part of the lung collapse
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What does T3 mean with lung cancer?
Cancer has grown to \>7 cm in diameter, and; * Cancer invading chest wal, mediastinal pleura, diaphragm, pericardium * Complete lung collapse * \> 1 cancer nodule in same lobe of lung
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What does T4 mean with lung cancer?
* Cancer invading mediastinum, heart, major blood vessel, trachea, carina, oesophagus, spine, recurrent laryngeal nerve * Cancer nodules in more than one lobe of same lung
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What are the potential N stages?
N0-3
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What does N0 mean in lung cancer?
No cancer in lymph nodes
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What does N1 mean in lung cancer?
Cancer in lymph nodes nearest the affected lung
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What does N2 mean in lung cancer?
Cancer in lymph nodes in mediastium, on same side
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What does N3 mean in lung cancer?
Cancer in lymph nodes on the opposite sides of the mediastinum / supraclavicular lymph nodes
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What are the potential M stages?
M0 or M1
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What does M0 mean in lung cancer?
No evidence of distal cancer spread
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What does M1 mean in lung cancer?
Lung cancer cells in distant parts of body, *such as pleura, opposite lung, liver, bones etc*
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How is lung tissue for diagnostic purposes usually obtained?
* Bronchoscopy * Needly biopsy * Surgical biopsy
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Why is making a histological diagnosis important?
* To confirm the patient has lung cancer * Decide the cell type
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Why is it important to decide the cell type in lung cancer?
Important in terms of both prognosis and treatment
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What is the division of lung cancer into groups based on?
The presence or absence of cells
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What are the groups of lung cancers?
* Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer * Small Cell Lung Cancer
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What proportion of non-small cell lung cancer patients have inoperable disease at presentation?
More than 2/3
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What proportion of small cell lung cancer patients have metastatic disease on presentation?
3/4
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What does lung cancer prognosis depend on?
* Cell type * Stage of disease * Performance status * Biochemical markers * Co-morbidities
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What type of lung cancer has the worse prognosis?
Small cell
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Give two examples of co-morbidities that could worsen the prognosis of lung cancer
* Cardiac disease * Chronic respiratory disease
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What treatments are available for lung cancer?
* Surgery * Radiotherpay * Chemotherapy * Combination therpay * Biological targeted therapies * Palliative care
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When is surgery mostly used in lung cancer?
Non-small cell
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What % of non-small cell lung cancers are operable?
\<20%
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What are the categories of radiotherapy in lung cancer?
* Radical * Palliative
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What is the purpose of radical chemotherapy in lung cancer?
Curative
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What is the purpose of palliative chemotherapy in lung cancer?
Symptom control
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What is the purpose of chemotherapy in small cell lung cancer?
Potentially curative *(although this is in a minority of cases)*
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What is the purpose of chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer?
Symptom control, *as only conveys a modest survival increase*
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What is combination therapy?
A combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy
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Give two examples of biological targeted therapies used against lung cancer?
* EGFR * VEGF
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What does management of non-small cell lung cancer usually involve?
Multiple modality therapy; * Palliative radiotherapy * Chemotherapy * Combination therapy * Targeted agents
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What is the response rate to chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer?
50-60%
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When is combination therapy important in non-small cell lung cancer?
In locally advanced disease
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What is the problem with small cell cancer?
It is rarely operable
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What does management of small cell cancer involve?
* Combination therapy * Palliative chemotherapy
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How effective is combination therapy against small cell cancer?
Responds well, adding ~1 year

ESA 3 - Respiratory System (14 decks)

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